Mary Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn

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The Duchess of Abercorn
BornMary Anna Curzon-Howe
(1848-07-23)23 July 1848
Died10 May 1929(1929-05-10) (aged 80)
Spouse(s)
(m. 1869; died 1913)
Issue
FatherRichard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe
MotherAnne Gore

Mary Anna Hamilton, Duchess of Abercorn (née Lady Mary Curzon-Howe; 23 July 1848 – 10 May 1929), was an English aristocrat. She was the daughter of Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and his second wife, Anne Gore.

Life

The Duchess held the office of Lady-in-Waiting to Queen Alexandra.

Marriage and issue

She married James Hamilton, Marquess of Hamilton, eldest son of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn and Lady Louisa Jane Russel on 7 January 1869[1] at St. George's Church, St. George Street, Hanover Square, London, England.

They had seven sons and two daughters:

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ Jackson, Alvin (2004). "Hamilton, James, second duke of Abercorn (1838–1913)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/33669. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)